Title 42 — Real Property.

The Council of the District of Columbia (“Council”) finds that: (1) There exists an immediate crisis regarding the critical shortage of decent and affordable low- and moderate-income housing resulting in significant measure from the lack of maintenance and the deterioration of re…

In enacting this chapter, the Council supports the following statutory purposes: (1) To provide decent and affordable rental opportunities for low-income persons and homeownership opportunities to low-and moderate-income persons; (2) To enable organized groups of low-and moderate…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) Repealed. (1A) “Commercial property” means income producing property as identified under zoning classifications, that would allow for such uses as office buildings, retail stores, restaurants, and service facilities pursuant to Chap…

(a) There is established a Homestead Housing Preservation Program (“Program”), to be administered by the Mayor, the purpose of which is to provide a program under which title to property acquired by the District pursuant to §§ 47-847 and 47-1303, or through District-initiated for…

(a) The Mayor shall identify and publish in the D.C. Register on an annual basis a list of properties, the titles to which are available for transfer under the Program. The properties shall be properties for which the statutory redemption period has lapsed. In addition to publica…

The Mayor may contract with, and pay all reasonable costs of, any person to research and quiet title to properties to be included in the Program. If services are provided by a person under this section and the property is subsequently redeemed by the owner or another party having…

(a) Proposals for large multi-family dwellings shall be considered only in accordance with the following rules of priority: (1) A proposal from a qualified tenant association shall be considered first. (2) If there is no proposal from a qualified tenant association or if the prop…

(a) The Mayor shall sell each residential building in the Program for $250 per dwelling unit and each commercial building for up to $5,000 per unit. Commercial, single-family and small multi-family dwellings shall be sold at prices determined by the Mayor after considering the in…

(a) At the time of settlement, the homesteader shall take free and clear title to property subject only to the terms of an abatement agreement and this chapter. Each homesteader at the time of property settlement shall enter into an abatement agreement with the District, which sh…

(a) The Mayor shall issue a RFP inviting organizations to submit proposals for the development and implementation of a Technical Training Program consistent with this chapter and rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter. (b) The Technical Training Program shall contain, at mini…

(a) There may be appropriated out of revenues available to the District sufficient funds to administer the Program. Beginning with the budget submission for Fiscal Year 1988, the Mayor shall include in the budget submission to the Council a statement of goals and objectives regar…

Pursuant to rules issued in accordance with § 42-2104, the Mayor shall give: (1) Reasonable advance notice to the record owners and affected parties of properties brought to tax sale in accordance with § 47-1205(b) and (c); and (2) Reasonable advance notice of properties schedule…